The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-14
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+ CHlcAeo, July 1.-THE rains which 70.
freshed Wheeling and vicinity on Friday
night and Saturday seem not to have
reached this far weat, and as q conse.
quence the weather here is dr. and the
dust is monarch Of all 1t suryeyg. Yet,
despite the dry weather and the dust, l
enjoyed q most pleasant ride Last Sunday
morning through northern Indiana and
Illinois on my way here from Wheeling.
The lake breezss were generous in their
kindly benefits; and, while they carried
some dust with them, yet they were 80
pleasant and refreshing that we pardoned
the dust.
I found that the growing crops Of corn,
oats and wheat were much more advanced
in that section than in West Virgins.
had never before seen that, part Of the
country, except in the winter, and l could
hardly realize that it was the same ice
covered, hope-forsaken land which It
seemed to be when I saw 1t last. What
then were ice-ponds and bogs, now are
meadows and grainfelda. 4
The ride from Wheeling here seemed 8
short one-only twelve hours for the trip.
The remarkable time which the Baltimore
< Ohio makes is enough to surprise any
one. Yet, the speed does not seem reck-
less or dangerous. Everything Is 80 finely
regulated and works to such advantage
that 1t seems Ike speed is made without
any effort at all. aA2,
This is not my first visit to Chicago; but
really never saw much Of the city till
now. Heretofore l have been hurried,
and also tired, but this time I had I'LL the
leisure wanted. Fortunately, too, I fell
in company with George Ii Parks, ESQ.,,
formerly Of Wheeling, but now OF this
city, and he showed me about over Dor.
tons Of the metropolis. Iaaw, among
other things, General Logan's house, an
object OF some interest to me. also YVES
pointed out the house where resides MIR,
Pullman, the inventor Of the Sleeping Car,
1t stands on the beach Of Lake Michigan,
and is magnificent palace, worth, per.
haps, two hundred thousand dollars.
I was also pleased to meat Mr.. John
Barton Payne, formerly q West Virginia
lawyer and politician, but now a promi-
nent lawyer Of this city. Mr.. Payne has
an extensive and valuable practice here,
and considers that fortune did him kind.
ly act in causing him to como to Chicago.
No city has ever been very interessing
to me. It was never very fascinating to
me to look at houses piled in pondeYous
masses against each other; nor to SEQ PEG.
pie by hundreds OF thousands crowding
and pressing in endless throngs. AS q
consequence l have remained as much
away from cities as possible. One OF the
first cities ever saw was Philadelphia;
and have ever since had the idea that
when one city is seen, they are all seen,
and that all are nearly alike. But, 7 have
changed my mind so far as Chicago is con.
ccrned. While its buildings are not more
vast, nor Il throngs OF people more incos:
cant than in the Eastern cities, yet there
lisa spirit Of enterprise and reckless i'd
venture not seen in the east. There, men
and measures move slowly and with pre-
cision, here, everything goes with rush.
In the suburbs Of the city, for miles
around, new houses arc building by hun.
drsds and by thousands. This city neems
to be covering the whole country, moving
outward In vast crescent from the Iake
toward the inland countrv. If one could
ever be juati6ed for believing in tho old
Greek Mythology which represented cities
az springing from earth in one night, gure-
~ he should be pardoned after he had
witnessed thewondsrful growth Of Chicsgo.
Yet, not only on the outskirts Of the
city is this building going on, but all over
the older parts. Small houees are being
torn away, and vast ediGces are erected Ia
their place. Roofs are pulled from less
lofty structures, and two, three and four
more stories are being added. Fronte Of
brick and cheap material arc removed
from old buildings, and fronts OF marble
and glass and granits and eeyenite are
put In. From end to end and side to aide
1t is a work Of building up and expanding
and remodeling. And it is all done on a
grand scale, and reckless IS to cost. Thcre
are stables in Chicago which would rival
tho ancient palaces Of Rurick or Ssrdsna.
pulia. ~. 80 -: ii q a s Va GfT
And II is all the outgrowth aud accom-
plishment Of only a few yeara. Although
New York, Baltimore and New Orleans
arc young for cities OF their size, yet thew
arc all old enough 10 DO great grand.
parents Of Chicago. Yet, Chicago Is sur.
passtng them all In enterprise, and will
soon surpass them in size. Il ID bound to
be the iargeet city in America. It Bep.rs
that destiny has marked it out 10 ha 40,
and nothing can turn 1t aside or hinder il.
Tbs great fire caused 1t to spring from
comparative poverty into wealth, and
from obscurity into fame, and lis An
archist troubles have strengthened rather
than weakened it. The police service Of
the city Is tapiendldiy organised. Tic
mounted police, on fine gray horses, and
themselves dressed in gray Uniform, move
in the manner Of the most perfectly
drilled cavalry. u, "a Nh :,
While Twas admitting the police, I nat.
nrally looked about for tho Anarchiets,j
But they were not to be seen. They have
learned tho Lesson, and now keen ont of
sight with their red flags. 55', si
Is Yet one cannot but obaerve that Chi.
cago still containa the elements for mobs.
For, with MI the energy and industry, It
still holds the nihiliatic elements. One
can observe in the vicious looking for.
eigners massed in the rougher portions OF
The city, the undemccratic expression Of
lace and demeanor which plainly eaythat